Do You Wanna Feel Old? Thread

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

I'm three years older than him.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Can't believe it's been that long.

 

[Babillygunn]

Can't believe it's been that long.

Hot take: the first one is still my favorite.

My son laughs at me because I like to quote the most random line from that film: “push me, shoves you!”

 

[ComicChick]

i still haven't seen it :/

only one i've seen is Fury Road

 

[Elayis]

i still haven't seen it :/

only one i've seen is Fury Road

I tried watching it shortly after Fury Road came out and couldn't finish it, it was too dated for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot before Furiosa.

 

[squeekness]

I tried watching it shortly after Fury Road came out and couldn't finish it, it was too dated for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot before Furiosa.

I had the same issue even after watching Thunderdome which was much more polished.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Babillygunn]

i still haven't seen it :/

only one i've seen is Fury Road

I tried watching it shortly after Fury Road came out and couldn't finish it, it was too dated for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot before Furiosa.

I had the same issue even after watching Thunderdome which was much more polished.

The “too dated” complaints make me feel old. But I guess that’s the point of this thread.

 

[squeekness]

My daughter was born in 1987.

 

[blueharvest]

My daughter was born in 1987.

I was born in 1984.

 

[ComicChick]

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The “too dated” complaints make me feel old. But I guess that’s the point of this thread.

i'm not against seeing it, and definitely won't ignore a movie for being "too dated". i mean, 2 of my favorite movies were released in 1939 lol

 

[squeekness]

I was born in 1984.

Ha! I graduated high school in 1984.

 

[Elayis]

I think there's a difference between a movie being old and it feeling old. Stuff like It's a Wonderful Life or Vertigo are timeless and somehow managed to exist separate from the time period they were made in. Whereas something like the original Mad Max definitely feel rooted in the filmmaking techniques of its era. The lack of music, slow editing and stilted acting didn't grab me. It's also so different from the style of Fury Road that it was hard to adjust to. Maybe I'll give Thunderdome a shot.

 

[Bran The Man]

Born in 1989.

 

[Babillygunn]

I think there's a difference between a movie being old and it feeling old. Stuff like It's a Wonderful Life or Vertigo are timeless and somehow managed to exist separate from the time period they were made in. Whereas something like the original Mad Max definitely feel rooted in the filmmaking techniques of its era. The lack of music, slow editing and stilted acting didn't grab me. It's also so different from the style of Fury Road that it was hard to adjust to. Maybe I'll give Thunderdome a shot.

I think the bigger issue that makes Mad Max seem old is actually more that it is (1) lower budget and (2) definitely more of a foreign film. Even though Miller made both Max and Fury Road, I’d say that you could certainly tell different (more Hollywood) influences in Fury Road.

Still, I’ll take the original.

 

[MarvelFan]

I was born 1988...
does it make me old now? 🤣

Lol in 4 years time I will turn 40 🤭

 

[Drizzle]

I was born 1988...
does it make me old now? 🤣

Lol in 4 years time I will turn 40 🤭

Same but chill out with the talk about turning 40, lol

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Babillygunn]

And yet the only gaming system that I ever outright owned myself was an Atari 2600.

I played my neighbor’s NES and I bought my kids a Wii and a Switch.

 

[Babillygunn]

And you guys who think 36 is old are in for a rude awakening in about 10-12 years!

 

[Lily Adler]

And yet the only gaming system that I ever outright owned myself was an Atari 2600.

I played my neighbor’s NES and I bought my kids a Wii and a Switch.

Not even one of these for nostalgia's sake?